Plow-carriage



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheetv 2. O'. C. HUBBARD.

A PLOW CARRIAGE. No. 604,351. Patented May 17, 189.8.`

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PATENT OLIVER C. HUBBARD, OF BEDFORD, INDIANA.

PLOW-CARVRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,351, dated May 17, 1898.

i, Application filed April 6, 1897. VSerial lTio. 630,987, (No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern-.-

Be it known that 1,V OLIVER C. HUBBARD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Bedford, in the county of Lawrence and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Plow-Carriage, of which the following is a specification. l This invention has for its object to provide a carriage or riding attachment to be used in connection with any make or style of walking-plow, whereby the latter may be converted into and used as a wheel-plow, so that the driver may ride and advantage be takenof his weight, in addition to the weight of the carriage, to hold the plow to its work, the carriage being provided with means wherebythe pitch of the plow can be adjusted to suit the required depth of furrow to be cut.

In order that the invention may be susceptible of universal application, itis constructed so as to be applied to either a right or a left hand plow or to one havinga wooden or metal beam.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion,and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacricing any of the advantages thereof, and to a fulldisclosureof the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention as it will appear when in operation in the field. Fig. 2 is a rear View. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, parts being broken away. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a wheel-spindle and the parts intimately associated therewith.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The carriage comprises a pole or tongue 1, a transverse bar 2, having a loop or arched portion 3 intermediate of its ends to receive the pole or tongue, to which it is secured, hounds 4, connecting the extremities of the transverse bar with the pole or tongue forward of the loop or arch 3, whereby the parts are braced and strengthened, segment-standards 5 at the extremities of the transverse bar 2, levers 6, fulcrumed to the segment-stand.

ards 5 and provided with a latch 7 to engage with the upper toothed edges of the parts 5 `for holding the levers in an adjusted position,

lmake and either right or left hand, has its beam operating in the lower end of the loop or arch '3 and secured to a clip 15, which is pivotally connected with the rear end of the pole or tongue 1, thereby admitting of the front end of the beam 16 being raised or lowered to regulate the pitch of the plow 14. A toothed segment 17 is secured to the pole or tongue 1 above the front end of the beam 16, and a lever 18 is fulcrumed to a side thereof and provided with the usual hand-latch to engage with the toothed segment and hold the lever in an adjusted position, a link 19 connecting the lever 18 with the beam 1G, whereby the latter`may be raised or lowered atits front end to secure the required adjustment of the plow. The draft is applied directly to the beam 16, and the neck-yoke is tted tothe front end of the pole or tongue, as clearlyindicated in Fig. 1.

A crank-arm 2O has a sleeve 21 at its outer end to receive an arm 10, and is secured to the latter at the requiredadjusted position by means of a binding-screw 22, and in order to prevent relative movement of the sleeves 21 and 11 a keeper 23, consisting of a plate having its end portions bent at right angles and apertured, is mounted upon the arm 10, and its terminal portions engage with the outer ends of the said sleeves. In the event of it becoming necessary to turn the arm 10 in either one of the sleeves l1 or 21 the required adjustment can be effected without danger of the sleeves parting by reason of the keeper 23, as will be readily understood. A guide 24 is secured to the transverse bar 2 a short IOO 1o plowing and the nature of the work to be performed, and when adjusted are held in place l by the latches 7, engaging with the segmentstandards 5 in the manner set forth. The ldrivers seat is located upon the rear end of the pole or tongue and just in front of the plow, whereby the several levers are within convenient reach, so as to be operated to secure the various adjustments.

The construction herein set forth admits of zo the plow being elevated above the ground ten to twelve inches, more or less, when moving the implement over the iield or road from one place to another, vwhereby the plow is held out of action and entirely free of the ground.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as newrisl. In combination, a plow carriage comprising a pole or tongue, and a transverse bar having a loop or arch intermediate of its ends 3o to receive the pole or tongue, to which it is secured, the side or parallel members of the said loop being spaced apart a distance corresponding to the width of the pole to touch the sides thereof and brace it laterally, a plow having its beam pivotally connected to the pole or tongue and adapted to operate land snugly fit within the space of the said loop or arch to be braced laterally thereby, and

means mounted upon the pole or tongue and.

4o connected with the plow-beam for raising and 5o in the sleeve of the lever, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a plow-carriage, the combination of a wheel-spindle, a support therefor, an arm as 20 having adjustable connection with a v 5 5 part extendinglaterally from the wheel-spindle, and a guide acting jointly with the said arm 20 to properly position the wheel-spindle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a plow-carriage, the combination of a wheel-spindle having an arm,a support for the said arm, a crank-arm, means for adjustably connecting the crank-arm with the arm of the wheel-spindle, and a guide coperatin g with the crank-arm to X the position yor slant of the wheel-spindle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a plow-carriage, the combination of a lever, means for securing the lever in an adjusted position, a wheel-spindle having an loffstanding arm, means for adjustably connecting the offstanding arm 'with the aforesaid lever, asecond arm 2O having adjustable connection with the arm of the wheel-spindle, and a guide coperating with the second arm to hold the wheel-spindle in an adjusted position, substantially as set forth.

6. In a plow-carriage, the combination of a lever having a sleeve and provided with means for securing'it in an adj usted position, a crank-arm having a sleeve at its outer end and having its inner end operating in a guide,a wheel-spindle having an arm passing through the aforesaid sleeves and having independent adjustable connection with each, and a keeper for holding the sleeves in fixed relation, substantially as set forth. l

7. In a plow-carriage, the combination of a pole or tongue provided with means for raising and loweringthe front end of a plow-beam connected therewith, a transverse bar having a loop or arch intermediate of its ends to receive the pole or tongue, to which it is secured, segment-standards at the ends of the transverse bar, levers fulcrumed to the segment -standards and provided with handlatches to coperate therewith for holding the levers in an adjusted position, said levers having sleeves at their lowerA ends, wheelspindles having arms adjustably secured in the sleeves of the levers, a crank-arm having adjustable connection with the arm of one of the wheel-spindles, and a guide secured to an end portion of the aforesaid transverse bar and receiving the free end of the aforesaid crank-arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. OLIVER C. IIUBBARD.

Vitnesses: v

FRANCIS M. LEMON, S. S. SNYDER.

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